d lawns and silent rooms. She was exhausted, a deep, bone-weary
of the car, a tall figure detached itse
as J
He should be at the ho
e was loosened, and the air around him was thick
" he asked, his
oving to walk past him. She d
nd her wrist. He yanked her back, her bodyin his jacket?" He loomed over her, his dark eyes glinting in
know? Then she remember
ing on me?" The question was
"You put on your little show right under my nose. So e
ld. "Colton and I are just friends and partners! What ri
ng her completely between his body and the car. "As long as you are
so desperate to get rid of? What standing do you have to lecture me, when you abando
inding the one spot of unac
n she was right, when her words made him feel
growled, his c
d his mou
rutal and angry, flavored with expensive whiskey and rage. He forced
pushed against his chest, her fists bea
cy had made her stomach exquisitely sensitive, and the
genuine distress. He paused for a fraction
ar
f burned, stumbl
nging. She raised the back of her hand and scrubbed viciously at her m
cal blow. A strange, hollow ach
t he'd lost control, but the words wouldn'
he garage was th
one cut through the
screen. The name "
replaced by the familiar mask of cool control.
ng? Don't be scar
n turned without another word, got into his own car, an
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